Savanna Circuit Tech, a Kenya-based company that recently scooped the grand prize in the Cisco Global Problem Solver 2020, has developed a Dairy Management Systems that leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other technologies to ensure that dairy farmers have fresh produce.
The company manufactures and distributes last mile non-refrigerant solar-powered milk chillers that can be placed on any means of transportation – from motorbikes to trucks.
“In Kenya, 70% of dairy producers are smallholder dairy farmers and one million people work on these family-run farms. These smallholder farmers produce 5.3 billion litres of milk each year – 30% of which goes to waste,” said Emmastella Gakuo, Co-Founder, Savanna Circuit Tech. “The milk goes to waste because it takes a lot of time to get it from the point of production to corporate chains that assist with marketing and selling it. The transportation can take up to five hours using animal transport, bicycles or people walking from their homes.”
Through the utilisation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other technologies, Savanna Circuit Tech’s Dairy Management Systems ensure that dairy businesses – whether farmers or distributors, efficiently cut on post-harvest losses whilst maximising its profits.
Percy Lemtukei, Co-Founder, Savanna Circuit Tech, who grew up around dairy farmers, said: “I saw what these farmers go through, working from dusk to dawn, only for their produce to spoil or in some cases, not getting the full value of their product. I met Emmastella at university and we were discussing how most of these dairy communities work hard, but see little profit. We wanted to use the knowledge we have academically and our connections in the supply chain to make the world a better place. That is how we came up with Savanna Circuit Tech.”
Gakuo and Lemtukei stated that they wish to use their US$ 100, 000 grand prize money in strengthening their business by acquiring novel talent and equipment for their new manufacturing facility.
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